Handle mounted pencil sharpener



- Dec. 27, 1966 cH ET AL I 3,294,067

HANDLE MOUNTED PENCIL SHARPENER Filed 00%. 20, 1965 INVENTORS FEA/vc/5E. CHIP/WA? and MEL vy/v E, Cow/1E1? United States Patent 1 Claim. c1.1211-1 This application is a substitute application for our applicationfiled May 1, 1964, Serial No. 364,081, now abandoned.

This invention relates to improvements in tools for carpenters,mechanics and the like, and more particularly to provide means withtools for sharpening pegs or pencils while the carpenter or mechanic isworking.

Normally, when a carpenter or mechanic is working and breaks the pointof his pencil, he must either leave the work site or must sharpen hispencil with a knife or a tool which is intended for another purpose.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide apencil type sharpening means for pegs or pencils in combination with acommonly used tool.

Another object of the present invention is to provide the foregoing inwhich the pencil type sharpener is housed within the tool handle.

The foregoing and other objects annd advantages will become moreapparent to those skilled in the art by referring to the followingdescription and the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevation of a tool with a portion thereof cut awayto illustrate the invention,

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the cut away portion of FIGURE1,

FIGURE 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of FIGURE 2,

FIGURE 4 is a perspective View of a pencil sharpener in accordance withthe present invention.

Referring now to the drawings, a tool, in this instance a hammer 10, hasa head 11 connected to one end of a handle 12. The other end of handle12 opposite from the head 11 has an axial recess 13 for receiving andhousing a pencil sharpener 14. The recess 13 is rectangular incross-section as shown in FIGURE 3, and is of a depth greater than thelength of the pencil sharpener 14, which is also rectangular incross-section, and so dimensioned as to snugly fit within the recess. Asshown in FIGURE 2, the bottom of the recess 13 is flat with the innerend of the pencil sharpener 14 seated thereagainst and its outer endspaced inwardly from the terminal end of the handle 12.

The pencil sharpener 14 is fixed in the recess 13 of handle 12 by ascrew 15 which extends through the inner end of the pencil sharpener 14longitudinally into the handle 12, however, it should be readilyunderstood that any adaptable well known means may be used such ascementing or peening the ends of the recess.

The pencil sharpener 14 has a receiver or sharpening chamber 16 f0rreceiving a pencil 19 to be sharpened. Chamber 16 has a slot in oneside to provide communi- 3,294,067 Patented Dec. 2'7, 1966 'ice cationwith a shavings chamber 17. It is to be noted that the screw 15 extendsthrough the bottom of chamber 17. A blade 18 is fixed in the sharpener14 adjacent the slot for sharpening a pencil 19 when it is rotated inchamber 16.

It should therefore be readily understood that a carpenter using thehammer 10 on a job has a pencil sharpener 14 available at all times. Byvirtue of the pencil sharpener being entirely contained within therecess 13 and with its outer end spaced from the terminal end of thehandle 12, it is apparent that the pencil sharpener can in no way becomedamaged should the hammer 10 be dropped.

While certain novel features of my invention have been shown anddescribed and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it will be uderstoodthat various omissions, substitutions and changes in the forms anddetails of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made bythose skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a hand held tool comprising:

(a) a handle,

(b) a recess in the handle extending longitudinally inwardly from thefree terminal end thereof,

(0) a pencil sharpener complemental in shape to said recess positionedtherein with the inner end of the pencil sharpener seated on the bottomof said recess,

(d) fastener means extending through the inner end of said pencilsharpener longitudinally into said handle, and

(e) said recess being of a depth greater than the length of said pencilsharpener, such that the outer end of said pencil sharpener is spacedinwardly from the terminal end of said handle, whereby to be whollycontained within said recess in order to obviate damage thereto wherein,

(f) said recess is of a uniform rectangular cross section throughout itslength and having a fiat bottom,

(g) said pencil sharpener having a chamber for receiving shavingsextending lengthwise thereof, with its bottom at the inner end of saidpencil sharpener, and

(h) said fastener means extending through the bottom of said chamber.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS FOREIGN PATENTS597,235 5/1934 Germany.

WILLIAM FELDMAN, Primary Examiner.

R. V. PARKER, Assistant Examiner.

